The table below shows the amount of waste production (in million tonnes) in six different countries over twenty years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates how much

waste

was produced in

Ireland

, Japan,

Korea

, Poland, Portugal and the US over two decades. Units are measured in

million

tonnes

. All in all, the US created the largest amount of garbage throughout the time period,

while

Ireland

maintained to produce the least.

In addition

, all the

countries

had increased

waste

production over twenty years except

Korea

. Back in 1980, the US produced 131

million

tonnes

of

waste

, making it the highest among the six

countries

.

In addition

, Japan, being the

second,

had 28

million

tonnes

of

waste

production at that time.

Ireland

, Poland and Portugal had a total of 6.6

million

tonnes

,

while

there were no data for

Korea

at the beginning. Over two decades, almost all

countries

produced more

waste

compared to the past. The US produced around two hundred

million

tonnes

in 2000,

while

Japan produced 53

million

tonnes

as well. The figures for Portugal more than doubled over the years, and

Ireland

even experienced more than an 8-fold increase. The only exception of the six

countries

was

Korea

, where the amount of

waste

production dropped from 31

million

tonnes

to 19

million

at the end

.